By Tara Murray
After a number of near misses, Club Sunbury is finally through to the Bowls Victoria weekend division 1, section 1 grand final.
Sunbury produced its performance of the season in the semi finals on Saturday to knock off Glenroy and become the first team through to the decider.
Sunbury’s David Glennon said it was a massive performance from the side. Sunbury had made the finals the past few years without getting into the grand final.
“It was a fantastic win,” he said. “Sunbury had not had a rink win against them with two losses of 18-0,” he said.
“It was on their turf as well. We started off strong and we were able to maintain a narrow lead all day.”
Sunbury led by under 10 shots for most of the day and would claim an 80 (14)-71 (4) win.
Joshua Leszczynski’s rink had a 24-15 win and Lauchlin Davies’ rink won 26-15.
Mark Cowan’s rink lost 22-14 and Marc Bullows’ rink lost 19-16.
Glennon said they had been quite steady all day as Glenroy continued to come at them.
Leszczynski and Davies were two of the standards along with Cowan. Leszczynski had a big week as part of the Melbourne eXtreme junior side which was coached by Cowan.
“Despite losing he saved many shots,” Glennon said of Cowan. “He had a good day skipping and it could have been a different story if not for him.”
Glennon said the win would go wonders for the side moving into the grand final. Glenroy beat Deer Park 2 in the preliminary final on Sunday to set up a grand final rematch.
“It’s given them good confidence,” he said. “We could play them again this week
“It’s given them a lot of self belief going into this week and we’re looking forward to this week.”
Sunbury’s second side also accounted for Glenroy and moved straight into the grand final. Sunbury will face Essendon 3 in the grand final.
Glennon said it would be a big week for the club.
“There’ll be a lot of practice and teams will get together lots going into next weekend,” he said.
Sunbury’s third side was knocked out of the division 5 finals by Hoppers 2.
Meanwhile, the final round of the Ballarat Highlands Bowls Region’s Highlands division 1 competition.
Kyneton Golf had a 73 (14)-49 (2) win against Diggers Rest.
In the other match to get on, Romsey beat Kilmore in a thriller, 57 (13)-54 (3).
Broadford’s match with Lancefield and Gisborne’s with Trentham, both didn’t go ahead due to total fire ban in those regions.
In the first week of finals, Kyneton will face Romsey for a spot in the grand final on Saturday.
Kyneton Golf will face Kilmore in a knockout semi final.
The loser of the first game and winner of the second game will play off in the preliminary final on Sunday.
The grand final is on March 10.
